'Globalisation does not work for the poor'

[dArKeR]

“We live in one world. Not in the first, second, third, fifth or sixth world,” Michael Sommer, head of the Confederation of German Trade Unions, said in South Africa last week.

Sommer, who wore a blue suit and cuts the image of a wealthy bank manager, is a member of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s official delegation, currently touring Africa with the leader.

It is Schroeder’s first visit to the continent since becoming chancellor in 1998. The tour -- which began on January 18 in Ethiopia -- has also taken in Kenya. Ghana is the final stop on the itinerary.

In Johannesburg, Sommer held talks with representatives of South African trade unions. During this meeting, he listened attentively as they complained about a host of globalisation-related problems, including the European Union’s controversial farm subsidies. These are widely held to have an adverse effect on African farmers.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=30154

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. It was not intended to (nt)

[cprise]

6. What do intentions matter

...at this stage in the game.

Who cares whether global corporatists are deranged or greedy?

[DarkSim]

2. Can't they get rid of farm subsidies?

Farm subsidies has been the current topic in my latest class in school...

Farm subsidies have been a problem for a long time in Europe and for the whole world.

Heck.... Subsidies ain't even good for the consumer since they make food more expensive.

But the Subsidies will never be gotten rid of, for as long as the CAP exists.

The reason they will never be rid of the CAP is the fear of there being a nother food shortage, like after the great wars.

[AZCat]

3. CAP?

What is CAP?
The only one I know of is "Central Arizona Project". What is the one you refer to?

[DarkSim]

4. CAP is the EU "Common agricultural policy"

it's what causes all this subsidy crap in europe.

[AZCat]

5. Ahhhh...

Thank you. I am now enlightened.